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Patented June 27, 1939 UNITED STATES RECEPTACLE Anthony F. Wallbillieh,

Leviton Manufacturing Company,

Hollis, N. Y., assigner to Brooklyn,

N. Y., a corporation of New York Original application December 2, 1930, Serial No.

499,443, now i 8, 1937.

Patent No. 2,082,994, dated June Divided and this application December 5, 1936, Serial N0. 114,300

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a novel and improved form of electrical receptacle, more particularly of the type kno-wn as a ush receptacle. This is a division of my application Serial No.` 499,443,

filed December 2', 1930 and Which has become Patent 2,082,994, June 8, 1937.

The novel features of the invention Will be best understood from the following description and the annexed drawing, in which I have shown l0 an embodiment of the invention, and in which Fig. l is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the two bodies appearing in Fig. 1, separated from the supporting plate;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the supporting plate. Y

Referring to the figures, it will be seen that the receptacle ycomprises a supporting plate l' having the usual holes 2 for reception of attaching means or for other purposes, and is also provided with apertures 4', here shown as circular, and which are adapted to receive the bodies 5. Preferably, the plate l' is formed of metal, and the bodies 5 of insulating material,

for reasons well known in the art.

The bodies 5' are provided with the usual binding posts 6 by means of which electrical connections may be secured to the bodies, and on the interior of the bodies may be placed contacts of any suitable kind electrically connected to the binding posts 6. 'I'hese contacts may be of the Well-known type for receiving plug terminals, and since any suitable form may be used, their 233 illustration is omitted.

Extending outwardly from each aperture 4 are one or more notches, here shown as two in number, and indicated at 'l'. These notches may conveniently be oppositely placed, as shown in 'Hl Fig. 3, and each is adapted to receive a laterally extending projection. 8 on a body 5.

Each body 5 is provided with a shoulder 9 which contacts with the face of the plate I. Extending beyond the shoulders 9 on the back of the plate I are the toes Il' of the projections 8. These toes register with the portions l2' of the notches 1' when the bodies are inserted in place in the apertures 4 with the shoulders 9' engaging the face of the plate l. Then, upon a slight turning movement of the bodies in the apertures, these toes will engage the back of the plate .at the part indicated at I3. The bodies 5 will be held against axial displacement from the plate I by engagement of the toes l l on the back of the plate I and the engagement of the shoulders 9 on the face of this plate. The bodies are then heldin this position by being secured together by conducting bars I9 and insulating plates 2D.

The bodies 5 are preferably cylindrical in form, so that they may be easily rotated in the apertures 4' which are also generally circular in form, but it is understood that these details, as Well as others may be changed without departing from the invention, and I, therefore, do not intend to limit myself except by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A receptacle comprising a plate. having a plurality of similar apertures therethrough and notches communicating with said apertures, similar bodies disposed in said apertures and each comprising shoulders engaging the face of said plate and a laterally extending projection adapted to pass through a notch communicating with said aperture and adapted to engage the back of said plate upon` rotation of the body in the aperture, and means securing the bodies together to prevent rotation thereof and to hold said projections out of registry with said notches, said means comprising an insulating plate attached to said bodies.

2. A receptacle comprising a plate having a plurality of similar apertures therethrough .and notches communicating with said apertures, similar bodies disposed in said apertures and each comprising shoulders engaging the face of said plate and a laterally extending projection adapted to pass through a notch communicating with said aperture and adapted to engage the back of said plate upon rotation of the body in the aperture, and means securing the bodies together to prevent rotation thereof and to hold said projection out of registry with said notches, said means comprising conducting bars secured to said bodies.

3. A receptacle comp-rising a plate having apertures therethrough, bodies rotatably mounted in said apertures, means to prevent said bodies from moving in either direction through said apertures when they are in their normal positions, and rigid means connecting said bodies to prevent them from rotating.

4. A receptacle comprising a plate having apertures therethrough, bodies having shoulders engaging the front of said plate and rotatably mounted in said apertures, said apertures having laterally extending notches and said bodies having laterally extending projections adapted to pass through said notches and to engage the opposite side of said plate when turned out of registry with the notches, means to hold the bodies in position when the projections are out of registry with the notches, said means comprising a member extending from one of said bodies to another.

5. A receptacle comprising a plate having circularly shaped apertures therethrough, bodies having circularly shaped portions in said apertures and extensions along opposite sides vof said plate, said apertures having notches through which the extensions on saidfbodiesalong lone side of said plate can pass, anda member connecting said bodies and preventing them from turning in said apertures.

6. An electrical circuit-connection `structure comprising a plate; at least twoapertures therein the center of which apertures lie in a straight line; a pair of notches in said plate'communi- 'the plane` containing the axes to causethe lugs to engage the plates; and means eating with each aperture the centers of each pair of said notches lying in a straight line intersecting the first mentioned line at an angle; a housing Within each aperture, having an axis transverse to the planes containing the surface ofthe plate said .axes lyinginthe same plane; a pair of lugs on eachhousing containing the same plane in which lies the axis of said 2housing, the said housings and lugs thereon beinglinserted through the apertures and communicating notches during assembly and turned through said angles until the said plane contained in therlugssubstantially coincides with of the housings 15 carried by said'housings to lock them together and to prevent said-housings from turning.

ANTHONY F. WALLBILLICH. 

